Advanced Alert – General Warning
January 9, 2013 Leave a comment
Advanced Alert – General Warning
Scam artist will be actively looking to exploit Facebook users due to the current roll out of updates to the Timeline. Don’t fall prey to them. See the attached resources.
~Black Knight
Things to Avoid:
1. Facebook post or apps that claim you can remove/ delete/ do away with your Timeline.
2. Facebook post or apps that claim you can revert back to the old Timeline or Profile.
3. Facebook post or apps that claim you can change the color or theme of your Timeline and or profile.
4. Facebook post or apps that claim they will give you the New Facebook Timeline.
Resources:
Timeline Changes Are Coming – Beware of New Scams
http://facecrooks.com/Scam-Watch/Timeline-Changes-Are-Coming-Beware-of-New-Scams.html
Remove My Timeline – Facebook Spam
http://facecrooks.com/Scam-Watch/remove-my-timeline-facebook-spam.html
Beware Remove your Facebook Timeline scams
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/05/29/beware-remove-your-facebook-timeline-scams/
Beware of ‘Remove Timeline’ Facebook Scams
http://www.pcworld.com/article/249071/beware_of_remove_timeline_facebook_scams.html
Scammers hope you hate Facebook’s Timeline
http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/scammers-hope-you-hate-facebooks-timeline-118028
Archived Scam Sniper Articles
The Facebook Timeline: What You Need To Know About Getting It, Scams And Removing It.
http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/2012/03/facebook-timeline-what-you-need-to-know.html
Facebook Timeline Removal and Color Change Scams.
http://scamsniper.blogspot.com/2012/02/facebook-timeline-removal-and-color.html